The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday afternoon quickly extinguished a fire on a boat where workers were pumping fuel at the BK International Wharf on Water Street.
Stabroek News understands that the incident occurred just after 4 pm when a section of the boat which belonged to Bharat Bissoo caught fire as workers were pumping fuel to another boat.
When this newspaper arrived on the scene the flames had already been extinguished and both firefighters and police officers had converged.